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Pantera – 13 Steps to Nowhere (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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The Great Southern Trendkill
13 Steps to Nowhere

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13 Steps to Nowhere

Release date: 7th May 1996

From The Great Southern Trendkill

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About This Track

"13 Steps to Nowhere" is a track by Pantera, from the album The Great Southern Trendkill, released 7th May 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

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Pantera

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Lyrics

13 Steps to Nowhere

[Intro]

Whores

Whores

Whores

Whores

[Verse 1]

Your windows boarded up

Your private lives exposed

The talk shows pump it up

Lab rats diseased for show

We're doomed to use the slang

Outbreak of drug roulette

A church burned to the ground

Not even noticed yet

[Chorus]

Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen steps

(To nowhere)

[Refrain]

Whores

Whores

Whores

Whores

[Verse 2]

A backwards swastika

The black skin riddled in lead

A Nazi gangster Jew

It beats a dog that's dead

It's "in" to use the slang

Outbreak of gun roulette

The cross slants to the side

Will prove the damnedest yet

[Chorus]

Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen steps

Leads to nowhere

[Bridge]

The backlash dislocates

Untimely reign of death

The wolf poked with the stick

Awaits with cancerous breath

(Leads to nowhere)

Outsiders still suppose

There's holy streets to roam

The truth should not surprise

Your homes were built on lies

Lies, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen steps

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Track details

From The Great Southern Trendkill

1996

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Album

The Great Southern Trendkill

Release year

1996

—Suicide Note Pt. II
—10's
—Drag the Waters
—The Underground in America
—Suicide Note Pt. I
—The Great Southern Trendkill
—13 Steps to Nowhere
—War Nerve
—(Reprise) Sandblasted Skin
—Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Dimebag Darrell, Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown, Vinnie Paul
Producer: Terry Date, Vinnie Paul
Co-Producer: Pantera
Bass: Rex Brown
Drums: Vinnie Paul
Guitar: Dimebag Darrell
Vocals: Phil Anselmo
Additional Vocals: Seth Putnam
Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen
Mixing Engineer: Terry Date, Vinnie Paul
Recording Engineer: Terry Date, Ulrich Wild, Vinnie Paul